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Ratanakiri Coffee Project
CAMBODIA
We are pleased, in conjunction with American Assistance for Cambodia and Japan Relief for Cambodia, to offer a new coffee blended with beans from Ratanakiri province in Cambodia. The beans have recently come under excellent review in the discerning Japanese coffee market. Ratanakiri is one of Cambodia's most beautiful regions, and one of its poorest.
beautiful falls in Ratanakiri Province
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Most of the population lives well below poverty level. The coffee is grown in a cooler northern climate where orchards are irrigated by mountain streams. Profits from the sale of this coffee will help Ratanakiri farmers learn new ways of growing, processing and marketing their beans. Proceeds will also be used to improve local medical clinics and build new schools. Thank you for supporting this unique venture and contributing towards the goal of self-sustainability in an independent market for the Cambodian coffee farmers.
LIMITED EDITION LABELS: The coffee labels will feature limited edition revolving artwork created by the children of Ratanakiri province. The artwork features scenes from everyday life in Ratanakiri. Many thanks are due to our label designer, Melissa Winger (WingerDesign), for her efforts towards this project. Below is a letter from one of the founders of this project to Melissa upon seeing the labels.
Melissa,
These are beautiful.
I am looking at the labels on board a flight from Tokyo to Bangkok.
Knowing the kids at the Vogel School, I can guarantee that they
will be absolutely tickled to see the results of their work.
This is exciting.
In January 2003, this was a remote part of the world which
had no electricity and no phone lines, and only eight moderately
trained medical doctors. Now it has a school with a decently
equipped computer room, a hospital which has several pieces
of state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment, and access to the
Internet so that doctors in Boston can guide the medical
treatment of the patients.
Kids from this area have now appeared in articles in the
New York Times and International Herald Tribune, and the
results of their artwork appear on labels of coffee from the
local coffee fields.
All of this in only 15 months.
Thanks for being a part of all this.
Rick Dyck
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BLENDS
Ratanakiri Blend A Vienna roast, this cup is a blend of beans from Cambodia, Ethiopia, Guatemala and India (monsooned Malabar). Well rounded and versatile.
CORKY'S BLEND Created for a great founder and supporter of Ratanakiri coffee. Corky White is Professor of Anthropology at Boston University. She studied the history of Japanese coffee consumption and in the process became acquainted with this project and is working to realize it. A dark French roast, excellent for espresso, drip or Cambodian Iced Coffee.
COMING SOON A gift bag (hand-made in Cambodia of banana leaves) with coffee and notecards displaying the artwork of the children.
PRICES
One-pound: $9
5 pound bag: $42
shipping is priority mail starting at $3.95
TO PLACE ORDERS:
Write us at wwroastery@innw.net (include order and shipping information)
Call us at 1-509-526-3211
We accept checks and money orders. You may also pay using PAYPAL. Please write us in advance so we can figure your shipping charges.
Please visit the following websites to learn more about Ratanakiri Province, American Assistance for Cambodia, and Japan Relief for Cambodia.
www.ratanakiri.com
www.villageleap.com
www.cambodiaschools.com
Walla Walla Roastery would like to extend a warm thanks to Bernie Krisher and Rick Dyck (working through the above relief agencies in Cambodia) and Corky White (professor of Anthropology at Boston University who studied coffee history in Japan and helped launch the project in Japan) for including and encouraging us in this endeavor.
Eung Kim, Ratanakiri coffee farmer
TRADITIONAL CAMBODIAN ICE COFFEE:
To make coffee as the Cambodians do, grind the beans for drip method and put two heaping tablespoons per cup into a paper filter apparatus. After boiling the water, let it sit off the burner for one minute, then pour over the grounds. For a more traditional drink, pour the coffee over the same grounds three times. While still hot, pour over a glass of ice, and serve with canned sweetened condensed milk.
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